#652 - Chris Bumstead - This Is The Price Of Greatness

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2023

⏱️ 124 minutes

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Chris Bumstead is a professional bodybuilder, 4X Mr. Olympia Classic Physique title holder, and a business owner. Chris is one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time. He's been called the Arnold Schwarzenegger of his era. But just what does it take to become the best in the world? What is the inner texture of a world champion like when he's as open as Chris about his failings and vulnerabilities? Expect to learn why pressure is a privilege, what it means to have a champions mentality, how Chris overcame his battle with anxiety, why he broke down sobbing on the bathroom floor 6 weeks before he won a world championship, how Chris thinks the modern world of bodybuilding compares to the golden days with Arnold, which steroid is so toxic that even Chris refuses to take, his top 10 exercises to build more muscle and much more... Sponsors: Get £150 discount on Eight Sleep products at https://eightsleep.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from AG1 at https://drinkag1.com/wisdom (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Chris Bumstead. He's a professional bodybuilder, four-time Mr. Olympia Classic Physique title holder and a business owner.
0:10.4	Chris is one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time.
0:13.4	He's been called the Arnold Schwarzenegger of his era.
0:15.7	But just what does it take to become the best in the world?
0:19.4	What is the inner texture of a world champion's mind likelike when he's as open as Chris is
0:24.0	about his failings and vulnerabilities. Expect to learn why pressure is a privilege,
0:28.4	what it means to have a champion's mentality, how Chris overcame his battle with
0:32.4	anxiety, why he broke down sobbing on the bathroom
0:35.1	floor six weeks before he won a world championship, how Chris thinks the modern world of bodybuilding
0:40.2	compares to the golden days with Arnold, which steroid is so toxic that even
0:44.5	Chris refuses to take it, his top 10 exercises to build muscle, and much more.
0:51.3	I can't believe how likable this man is. I think he might be the most likable
0:56.8	human that I've ever met in my entire life. I find him so raw and open and
1:02.3	vulnerable and inspirational.
1:04.5	He is, he really is the whole package and in a world where everybody is asking
1:08.7	what should men look to, who should they look to as a good role model as somebody that embodies all of the
1:15.9	well-balanced masculine and feminine virtues that everybody likes and proselytizes about saying
1:21.6	that they want more of.
1:23.0	Chris is that guy.
1:24.4	He is 100% that guy and I have an incredible soft spot for him.
1:28.0	I know that you're going to take absolutely tons away from this episode.
1:31.1	It is phenomenal.
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